from the AOL newspage today

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by cookderosa, Aug 31, 2010.

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  1. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    AOL ran a story on the "best" online degrees. It was pretty vanilla- gave the link to the dept of ed to help rule out mills, and encouraged users to check B&M schools as well. They included a link to a "non bias" site that had some interesting stats. (lol, with ads to your favorite for profits of course)

    One thing I noticed is the graduation rate. We were just talking about that here last week. UoP is listed at 4% ouch. They also list "Regent" college as #2, so I'm guessing they mean Excelsior? If so, I question how reliable the rest of this is- that's quite a big over site. Anyway, enjoy.

    OEDb's Online College Rankings 2009: The Best Online Universities
     
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  2. StefanM

    StefanM New Member

  3. -kevin-

    -kevin- Resident Redneck

    Interesting that they label these as "online" universities. Looks more like online programs.
     
  4. okydd

    okydd New Member

    The bottom half of this list needs pruning by the market place. As an NCU dropout, I am not surprise that it is at the bottom of the list.
     
  5. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

  6. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    Champlain College has the highest graduation rate with a whopping 84%! :eek:

    Here's the link: click here

    A college with that high of a graduation rate has to have the highest quality education! I knew I should have selected Champlain College!!! ;)
     
  7. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    Interesting list. I have seen this list before and I wonder of all of these institutions really offer more than 50% of their undergraduate programs online (one of the criteria for inclusion).
     
  8. 03310151

    03310151 Active Member

    Where's AMU?
     
  9. bazonkers

    bazonkers New Member

    I think they forgot to include them.
     
  10. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    AMU is still pretty new and has only been RA for a couple of years. AMU is probably still under the radar.
     
  11. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    In Charles Town, West Virginia
     
  12. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    :eek: The Tedmeister got jokes!!!
     
  13. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    I'm finding the fact that Everest University is listed as #21 in their ranking to be a little confusing. Isn't Everest in the process of losing their accreditation? Somehow it seems incongruous that a school would receive a high ranking while being on the accreditors black list. I understand that there may be different criteria, but you would think that they would match up to some extent.
     
  14. 03310151

    03310151 Active Member

    Reminds me of a high school buddy that when we were talking to some girls and one of them asked us "What's up!?" he answered "the sky". Technically correct, but an embarrassingly lame attempt at humor.
     

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